Electric flatiron



H. KOCOUREK.

ELECTRIC FLATIRON.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.2I, I9I9.'

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KOCOUREK, OF CHICAGO,

i COMPANY, OF CHICAGO,

CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT ELECTRIC rLATmoN.

Application ledAugust 21, 1919. Serial No.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY KocoUREK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and the Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inElectric Flatirons, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a fitting to be attached tothe body of an electric iron to serve as a rest therefor when the ironis tilted up on end, out of use, and formed to actlalso a's a guide andguard for the separable plug tric current is conducted to the heatingelement of the iron. It consists of the structure hereinafter describedand shown in the drawings as indicated by the claims.

In the drawings: 1

Figure l is a side Aelevation of yan electric iron provided with a backrest fitting embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the rest with the body of the ironindicated in dotted outof the body A near the line.

Fig. 3 is a detail section taken as indicated at line 3 3 on Fig. l.'

The electric iron shown in the drawings comprises the usual body A,which incloses an electric heating element not shown, and which isprovided with. a handle B and electrical connecting means for theheating element in the form of two contact pins C, C, which project fromthe upper surface heel end of the iron. The back rest fitting is a sheetmetal plate, l, whose extreme upper edge portion, 2, is bent to extendrearwardly so as to serve as a supporting foot when the iron is tiltedup on end. The lower part, 3, of the plate is likewise bent to projectrearwardly when the iron is in to serve for supporting it in uptiltedposition. The edge, 4, of this lower portion is bent back upon itself tomake a smooth rounded terminal which will not catch or snag upon thegoods in a backward ironing stroke. o

To minimize .the conduction of heat from the body A to the rest plate,l, the latter is connected to the body only by narrow strips,

5, 5, off-set from the plane of its main portion and secured to thebody,

A, by screws Specification of Letters Patent.

through which the elec-4 D narrow, lateral, marg surface near the heelnormal working position andl feet when the iron Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

or rivets 6, 6. The rest member is thus in contact with the heated bodyonly at these narrow strips, 5, 5, whose limited cross section rendersthe conduction of heat to the rest member so slow that it is easilytaken care of by radiation from the relatively 'much larger area of themember, l, and it consequently keeps comparatively cool.

The member, l, is made to serve another function by forming its upperportion, 7,

with laterally extending arms, 8, 8, curved forwardly and inwardlytoward each other and around the connector pins, C, C, in spacedrelation thereto, so as to guide a separable current plug, D, intooperative relation to the connectors and embrace and steady the pluginsuch position.

With the urpose of further retarding conduction of3 heat to the footportion, 3, the plate, l, may be transversely slotted across the greaterpart of its width as shown at, 9, adjacent the foot portion, 3.

claim 1. In combination with an electric flat iron a rest attached atthe heel of the iron comprising a plate of sheetA metal having inal Artions severed and offset toward the body of the iron from the plane ofthe plate between limits within the area of the plate, leaving saidmarginal portions joined to the plate at said limits, and attached atsaid offset strips to the body of `the iron, whereby the remainder ofsaid rest plate is held out of contact with said 2. In the combinationdefined in claim l, the body of the iron having electrical connectingmeans projecting from its `upper portion, and the upper part of saidplate having lateral arms bent forwardly and inwardly toward each otheraround said connecting means for guiding a connecting plug intooperative relation thereto.

3. In the combination dened in claim '1, the extreme upper edge of saidplate being bent to extend rearwardly to serve as a supporting foot whenthe iron is tilted up on end. i;

4. In theft combination defined in claim l, both the upper edge portionand the lower edge portion of the plate being bent to extend rearwardlyto serve as supporting is tilted up on end.

5. In the construction defined in claim l foregoing, the extreme upperedge portion of said plate being bent to extend rear wardly to serve asa supporting foot When the iron is stood upon end, and the portionintervening between said extreme portion and the offset lateral marginalportions be` ing folded forwardly and inwardly from the opposite sidestoward each other to constiF tute a clasp and guide for a conductingplug.

G. In combination with an electric fiat iron, a rest member havingoff-set lugs by which it is attached to the body of theiron,

said member being held otherwise out of contact with said` body and saidlugs being of relatively small crosssection at their junctions With therest member, said member having its own cross section materially reducedadjacent said junctions by an aperture extending partially acros's itsWidth to retard conduction of heat to and Within the rest member.

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, lllinois,this 14 day of August, A. D. 1919.

' HENRY KOCOUREK.

